Bible Strands
Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joseph addresses his brothers on his deathbed, immediately after blessing his grandsons and before instructing them to carry his bones out of Egypt. The words — The Hebrew פָּקֹד (pa.Kod) literally means "to visit" or "to attend to," denoting God’s active intervention rather than passive observation. The thread — This declaration traces back to the patriarchal land promises in Genesis 26:3 and 35:12, and points forward to the Exodus account in Exodus 3:16. Why it lands — The text asserts that God will actively deliver Israel from Egypt to the promised land, requiring the reader to anchor hope in divine commitment rather than present mortality.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Cross-references
- Exodus 3:16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
- Genesis 26:3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Genesis 35:12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
- Genesis 28:13 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
- Genesis 46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
- Genesis 48:21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 13:17 Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
- Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Genesis 13:15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Genesis 15:7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”